Nomination for Mill Creek Park Suspension Bridge

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 19 - Charles J. Carney - VICINITY OF CLASSIFICATION . PRESENT USE * PUBLIC AGRICULTURE _BUILDING(S) PRIVATE -WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED -YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Youngstown 039 SITE DATE BOTH Mahoning Glenwood CODE ACCESSIBLE STATE TRANSPORTATION HISTORIC Ohio MILITARY PARK GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL TITLE CATEGORY MUSEUM OWNERSHIP DISTRICT SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL STATUS NAME Mill Creek Park Suspension Bridge DATA SHEET STRUCTURE Board of Park Commissioners DATE ENTERED Mill Creek Park 120 Market Street COURTHOUSE, - UNOCCUPIED _BEING CONSIDERED _OBJECT FOR NPS USE ONLY -COMMERCIAL Form No. 10-300 (Rev.10-74) PH0 369O9 8 -OTHER: OCT 2 9.1976 ENTERTAINMENT Mahoning County Courthouse RELIGIOUS *ORIGINAL SITE GOOD RUINS _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

In the twentieth century, the roadway support was strengthened CONDITION UNALTERED DETERIORATED FAIR DESCRIPTION across the top. suspension construction. The four supporting posts consist of which is diagonally braced on the curve between the towers, forming The bridge is approached at each end by a right-angled turn, on the transverse girders suspended from the cables.The pedes- the pedestrian walk on the lateral sides of the roadway.Each post The posts support the suspension system of three strands, the roadway by an arched girder which has ornamental work a striking architectural design. trian railing has a diagonal girder pattern. CHECK ONE This is a short vehicular and pedestrian bridge of steel of the span;nevertheless, the original structure is intact and forms stream both above and below the bridge.

because it is set in a narrow gorge and the road parallels the The posts also stand on masonry piers.The roadway itself rests spire, giving a castellated effect.The posts are connected across anchored in large sandstone masonry piers on the creek bank. and brace is capped by a square turret with a pyramidal roof and vertical box girders.Each one has a diagonal brace which spans X_EXCELLENT _UNEXPOSED in effect a concave stiffening girder.The suspension strands are by the construction of an additional concrete pier beneath the center DATE. Form No.

1D-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 2 1976 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES OCT 2 9 1976 INVENTOR Y -- NOMINATION FORM ITEM NUMBER 3' x 6' x 3-1/2' high 1-1/2 x 3' x 4' high 156'6" total to outside of columns PAGE road width stone piers (wooden RECEIVED actual span CONTINUATION SHEET Mill Creek Park Suspension Bridge DATE ENTERED new pier FOR NPS USE ONLY 92'6" 83'8" deck AREAS OF

Statement of significance

/ARCHITECT Youngstown Bridge Company STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE is not available, but the bridge was fabricated by the Youngstown 1895 1400-1499 1600-1699 1700-1799 INVENTION SCIENCE LAW TRANSPORTATION PERIOD THEATER ART CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE INDUSTRY SCULPTURE ARCHITECTURE LITERATURE _COMMUNICATIONS functional lines with a late Victorian flair for ornamental character. Furthermore, it must be considered a part of the progressive vision _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT several spans across the creek.The park consists of six miles of _PHILOSOPHY for the entire site.

Harvard President Eliot, he stated that the site was unsurpassed by _ECONOMICS on land now owned by Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and its equipment natural gorge and woodland, with several artificial lakes.It was "Father of Mill Creek Park,"to save the area from private commer- _COMMERCE but the plant was sold and dismantled around 19oo. It was located Galbreath also stated that it is 'unsurpassed anywhere in the variety design for recreational vehicular and pedestrian traffic.It combines ation, the site is still a remarkable natural area in the heart of cial development.In 189l-1892 Charles Eliot of Boston was a consultant and the bridge was erected in 1895. The individual engineer's name -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN any park within a city in the United States.In 1934 Charles B. The bridge islocated in Mill Creek Parkkwhere it is one of a city of 150,000.

-MUSIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTÚRE proposed in 1891 by Volney Rogers, a Youngstown attorney and the ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC was combined with that of other plants of the American Bridge Company. suspension bridge of uncommonly attractive The chief improvements in the park area began in 1893-1894, to Rogers.A student of Frederick Law Olmsted and the son of and extent of its natural scenic beauty." Allowing for some exagger-

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Volney Rogers, A Partial Description of Mill Creek Park, Youngstown (Youngstown, 1904). (Chicago, 1921), I, 222-223, 398-400, 674. Historical Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 2, 149. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY UTM REFERENCES VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).

I STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 888-445 DATE ORGANIZATION NORTHING CODE TELEPHONE ZONE COUNTY 216-721-5722 EASTING Ohio STATE Cleveland August 1975 Western Reserve Historical Society Eric Johannesen, Preservationist 10825 East Boulevard less than one LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: LOCAL - criteria and procedures set farth-by the Nafional Park Service. Joseph G.

Butler, Jr., hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOBY AND SHPO ATTEST History of Youngstown and The Mahoning Valley 14,514,61722,0 Photos _ ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN REVIEW UNIT CHIEF OCT 2 9 1976 OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL KEEPER Entered HAER Maps Re-submit TECHNICAL Send-back Review HISTORIAN Mahoning National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry BRANCH CHIEF Cole OK3.22.76 IN T:2106 - 74 Inventory State United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASo No.7 Working Number 3.2.2b. 26 54 10-4-76 Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7 +) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAR 2 PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM OCT 2 9 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON CITY. TOWN Youngstown VICINITY OF COUNTY Mahoning DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Southeast approach, looking northwest LOCATION IDENTIFICATION RECEIVED Western Reserve Historical Society NAME PHOTO REFERENCE 1975 PHOTO CREDIT STATE Ohio PHOTO NO E. Johannesen FOR NPS USE ONLY Form No. 10-301a (Pev.

10-7+) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 2 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM OCT 2 9 1976 DATE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON COUNTY Mahonüng _VICINITY OF DATE OF PHOTO NEGATIVE FILED AT DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION. ETC. IF DISTRICT, GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET Northeast elevation, looking south 1975 LOCATION RECEIVED Ohio IDENTIFICATION STATE Western Reserve Historical Society NAME PHOTO REFERENCE FOR NPS USE ONLY PHOTO NO. PHOTO CREDIT E. Johannesen CITY. TOWN Youngstown YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Suspension Bridge RECEIVED 4546/720 North DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17 526/120 East 1963 REGISTER 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) Mill Creek Park UNITED STATES YOUNGSTOWN QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAR 2 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (August 1971) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1.

CALL X NAME OF PERSON PLACING/RECEIVING CALL GPO 897-848 TELEPHONE REPORT WASO-166 FROM (Name) TIME OF CAI ADDRESS (Tel. No. il needed) DETAILS OF DISCUSSION OCT 2 9 Hamilton County Hon. John H. Glenn jr. De. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Willis D. Gradison, Jr. INT: 2950-75 880 Location 11/4/76 STATE Name MMott/row Youngstown Director ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer Mill Creek Park Suspension Bridge Also Notified Regional Director, Midwest Region Date Entered Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Mahoning County The Ohio Historical Society Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Charles J. Carney The Elliott House OHIO Columbus, Ohio 43211 OCT 2 9 1976 YOUNGSTOWN CITY.

TOWN VICINITY OF OWNER OF PROPERTY: (Circle) MUNICIPAL FEDERAL (AGENCY NAME) : - Substantially intact-1 - not applicable - 8 _Interior, exterior, cnvirons not intact-o DETERIORATED ORIGINAL SITE Yes-unrestricted "only" YES IF YES, NAME: ADAPTIVE USE: Saved ? FUNCTION(S): (use vocabulary words) -EDUCATION -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN EXPLORATION - urban & commun _OTHER (SPECIFY) "first" YES "'oldest2 YES EXTERIOR INTERIOR COUNTY MIDWEST OTHER planning COMMERCE DOE code Reviewer STATE AGRICULTURE ARCHITECTURE UNEXPOSED ENVIRONS Claims Unknown FEATURES: ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC UNALTERED ART LOCATION: SIGNIFICANCE: _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT LITERATURE _PHILOSOPHY DATE: INDUSTRY -settlement _Unexcavated _TRANSPORTATION _Reconstructed PACIFIC NORTHWEST -socio/cultural WITHIN NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT? XENGINEERING -recreation historic district?

_entertainment WITHIN NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK? ADMINISTRATOR(underline) _CONSERVATION _COMMUNICATIONS _RELIGION No access _health _ECONOMICS _GOOD OHIO -MOVED -MUSIC _FAIR OTHER NANES: STREET & NUMBER CONGRESSIUNALDISTRS th _unknown.-5 -.

unknown -6 CONDITION - XLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MILITARY INVENTION NR Data Sheet TRUINS DATE (S) OF "MAJOR" ALTERATIONS : HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATE (S) : FEDERAL AGENCY: COMMENTS: (include architectural information here) SIGNIFICANCE (maximum two sentences) artist/artisan: OTHER events builder/contractor: STATE engineer: institutional NAMES: DATES: interior decorator: architect/m.builder: PRIVATE landscape/garden designer: appropriate date) ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: ETHNIC GROUP: LOCAL GOV"T (label role DATE OF CONSTRUCTION (Specific date or 1/4 of century): 1895 ACREAGE: (to nearest tenth of an acre) COUNTY MUNICIPAL masomy pers consistins - county code: city / town SOURCE of NOMINATION - deteriorated 17 features: 9O NOT INTACT-O Dunexposed Oreconstructed - Unknown ED NOT APPLICABLE-7 - No Access 21) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : ØENGINEERING - 11 LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS/ GOVT.* 21 - RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain - LAW - 16 - RELIGION- 22 C SETTLEMENT-29 ARCHEDLOGY=historic -1 - COMMUNICATIONS-7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE - 17 - SCIENCE- 23 'oldest' O J AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS - 9 - INDUSTRY - 13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' D - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION - 14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 @dates of initial construction: 3functions 2) architectural style(s): 2master builder: S interior decorator: piers; center conerete-pier added,20th C.;(arched, ornamentedgirdersconnectingsupporting posts, crossing roadway.

_date. IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 099 Youngstown Midwest bridge Mahoning 10-29-76 ASSOCIATION FEDERAL ENTERTAINMENT-26 INSTITUTIONAL: STATE EVENTS: CURRENTLY: artist: historic events: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP LOCAL builder/contractor: Surmouwted ADMINISTRATOR: NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET SAVED?YES URBAN PLANWING-31 Mill Creek Park Suspension Bridge diagonal braces spanning lateral sides of pedestrian walkway, 3-strand suspension system anchored in masonry major alterations: 2OTHER NAMES: Dexcavated vicinity of V1895 Steel suspension bridge;4 supporting posts are(vertical box girders VYoungstown Bridge Co. Mill Creek Park Coriginal site GNPS REGION: Jokanneseu caps IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT? Dyes Eho -ARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 )engineer: landscape architect / garden designer: Sartisan: 11) CONGRESS.

DISTRICT PERSONAL: Volney Rogers, "Father of Mill Creek Perk," proposed bridge, 1891 ETHNIC CONDITION NAMES GROUP form? WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: COMMERCE-6 reviewers initials YES-Unrestricted of entry: give role & date Cexcellent Oruins Dmoved Daltered Er:C